Deuteronomy 8:5

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Know then in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

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  • 2 Sam 7:14 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.
  • Prov 3:12 : 12 For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
  • 1 Cor 11:32 : 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not take lightly the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when you are reproved by Him." 6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts. 7 If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few days as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
  • Ezek 12:3 : 3 Therefore, son of man, pack your belongings as if for exile and go into exile in their sight—by day, in their sight—so that they may see. Move from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, they will surely live; they will not die.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only be careful and guard your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
  • Job 5:17-18 : 17 Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 18 For He wounds, but He also binds up; He injures, but His hands also heal.
  • Ps 89:32 : 32 if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from Your law.
  • Deut 4:23 : 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and not to make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
  • Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey knows its master's feeding trough, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 12:5-10
    6 verses
    81%

    5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not take lightly the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when you are reproved by Him."

    6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.

    7 If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

    8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

    9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!

    10 Our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few days as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

  • Deut 8:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2 Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.

    3 He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, then fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers knew, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

    4 Your clothing did not wear out, nor did your feet swell during these forty years.

  • Prov 3:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11 My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not be weary of His reproof.

    12 For the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

  • Deut 8:6
    78%

    6 Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to revere Him.

  • Deut 1:31
    78%

    31 And in the wilderness, where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way you went, until you came to this place.

  • Prov 19:18
    76%

    18 Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death.

  • Ps 94:12
    76%

    12 Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD, the one you teach from Your law.

  • Job 5:17
    76%

    17 Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Deut 8:16
    74%

    16 He fed you manna in the wilderness, which your fathers had never known, to humble and test you so that He might do good for you in the end.

  • Deut 4:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 Only be careful and guard your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

    10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people for Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and to teach them to their children.'

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

    14 You shall strike him with the rod and deliver his soul from Sheol.

  • Prov 13:24
    73%

    24 Whoever spares the rod hates their child, but the one who loves their child is diligent to discipline them.

  • Prov 22:6
    73%

    6 Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Eph 6:4
    73%

    4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

  • Prov 1:8
    73%

    8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • Deut 5:16
    73%

    16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well for you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Deut 11:2
    73%

    2 Know today that it was not your children, who did not know and have not seen, but you who witnessed the discipline of the LORD your God—His greatness, His strong hand, and His outstretched arm.

  • Deut 6:7
    72%

    7 Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

  • Deut 21:18
    72%

    18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them,

  • Deut 11:19
    72%

    19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

  • Prov 29:17
    72%

    17 Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Jer 2:19
    72%

    19 Your own wickedness will discipline you; your backslidings will rebuke you. Consider and see how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

  • Deut 6:17
    72%

    17 Diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, as well as His testimonies and statutes that He has commanded you.

  • 2 Sam 7:14
    72%

    14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men.

  • Deut 15:5
    72%

    5 If only you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being diligent to observe all these commandments that I am commanding you today.

  • Deut 13:18
    72%

    18 Do not let any of the things set apart for destruction cling to your hand, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase you, as He swore to your ancestors.

  • Deut 32:6
    71%

    6 Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, your Creator, the One who made you and established you?

  • Deut 4:30
    71%

    30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

  • Deut 30:1
    71%

    1 When all these things come upon you—the blessing and the curse that I have set before you—and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you,

  • Deut 24:18
    71%

    18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

  • Deut 12:28
    71%

    28 Be careful to obey all these words I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Deut 6:2
    71%

    2 So that you may fear the LORD your God by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I am commanding you today—you, your children, and your grandchildren—all the days of your life, and so your days may be prolonged.

  • Deut 15:15
    71%

    15 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I am giving you this command today.

  • Deut 8:18
    71%

    18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the power to gain wealth, so that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is today.

  • Prov 3:1
    71%

    1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments.

  • Deut 30:8
    71%

    8 And you will again obey the LORD and follow all His commandments that I am giving you today.

  • Prov 4:1
    71%

    1 Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

  • Deut 8:11
    71%

    11 Be careful not to forget the Lord your God by failing to keep His commandments, judgments, and statutes that I am commanding you today.

  • Gen 27:8
    71%

    8 Now, my son, listen to my voice and do what I command you.

  • Deut 16:12
    71%

    12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these decrees.